I Have Big Ugly Kankles

My knees, ankles and hips have been paining me for a couple of weeks. (A LOT!) I finally went to the doctor today. I didn't listen very well though. He doesn't think I have gout because it has lasted too long and isn't isolated to one joint. Instead he thinks I have some kind of arthritis which is brought on by being sick. Even though I haven't been sick, he thinks that's what I have. He put me on some steroids, took some blood, and made me pee in a cup. Not necessarily in that order. I have to go back in a couple of weeks. 

In the mean time, I feel like crap. I've been climbing down my stairs backward for the last few days, and feeling really stupid. I've discovered that a walking stick feels a little more dignified, so I'm going with that. It hurts more than crawling down backwards, but feels a lot less stupid. 

What I should do is move downstairs again for a while, but my couch is torn apart because I had to clean the cushions (Bailey) and haven't put them back together again yet because I feel like crap and don't feel like wrestling with stuffing cushions into covers. I also can't use the downstairs bathroom because the cushions that I feel too crappy to put together are blocking my downstairs bathroom. If I could just work up the ambition to put the cushions back together I could save myself a lot of trips crawling up and down the stair. Maybe I'll do that... tomorrow... or the next day. The pharmasist says the steroids might cause euphoria. Maybe I'll feel so great I'll want to put my couch back together.  

Damn! My feet hurt.